Sparland man accused of videotaping young girls

A Sparland man faces up to 30 years in federal prison for allegedly videotaping young girls taking showers at his home.

Brian A. Miller, 35, appeared Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Peoria on the single count of production of child pornography. He was ordered held in the custody of the U.S. marshals pending a bond hearing on Monday.

A Sparland man faces up to 30 years in federal prison for allegedly videotaping young girls taking showers at his home.

Brian A. Miller, 35, appeared Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Peoria on the single count of production of child pornography. He was ordered held in the custody of the U.S. marshals pending a bond hearing on Monday.

According to a complaint filed in federal court, authorities learned about the videotaping last summer from Miller’s son, who had seen the movie files on his father’s laptop. The boy, whose age wasn’t given in the complaint, recognized the shower as an area in his father’s house.

He then found a hole in the drywall that looked through the back of a mirror. The complaint states the silver coating had been scraped off that allowed a person to see through the mirror and into the shower area.

Miller erased the pictures after being confronted with them and later told police his son had made up a story about the images because the child was “disobedient” and “disrespectful.” A forensic examination of Miller’s cell phone found more than two dozen images that showed at least four underage girls in the shower, the complaint alleged.

U.S. Magistrate Judge John Gorman also scheduled a preliminary hearing that will be held along with the bond hearing on Monday.